ELL HubGuy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki
Episode 185
Vocabulary
flunk (verb)
- Definition:
- to fail a test or a school subject
- Example from the episode:
- “But you will flunk the glance test because if there's four images, like dolphin, there's a picture of a seagull, there's a picture of Steve Jobs, and there's a picture of the sunset. Oh, what were you saying again?”
- Example sentence:
- “She was worried she would flunk the course.”
buildup (noun)
- Definition:
- the preparation or development leading up to something
- Example from the episode:
- “A lot of people take a long time. There's a lot of buildup and I think that's really important.”
- Example sentence:
- “The movie had a slow buildup to an exciting ending.”
viable (adjective)
- Definition:
- possible or capable of being done successfully
- Example from the episode:
- “And I would make the case that if you think you need more than 10 slides to convince someone you have a viable business, that means you don't have a viable business.”
- Example sentence:
- “We need to find a viable solution to this problem.”
switch gear (idiom)
- Definition:
- to change direction or approach in your thinking or actions
- Example from the episode:
- “I want to switch our gears here and talk about a form of storytelling, which is pitching”
- Example sentence:
- “After lunch, they switched gears and started brainstorming ideas.”